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In the Matter of Tina Nichole Ammons, M.T.
Case No. 07-CRF-018 Page 6
Ms. Ammons’ Explanation
In September 2007, Ms. Ammons explained to the Board: “My boyfriend
at the time and I had gotten into a domestic altercation. I locked him out
of my house and he used his id to force entry into my home. He
proceeded to use force against me. In my own self-defense, I fought
back. When the police arrived, I was seen pushing him from my garage.
Therefore they saw me as the aggressor. I had a broken hand, bruising
around my neck, back, [and] right leg. I did get a public defender and
the charge was reduced to DISORDERLY CONDUCT/PERSISTING. I
am still on probation for this offense in Knox County * * *.” (St. Ex. 3;
Tr. at 48)
14. Ms. Ammons denied lying on her 2004 and 2005 applications to the Board. She acknowledged
that she is not proud of her criminal background. 1 However, she testified that, “from the very
beginning, [she] was open and honest about [her] criminal background.” (Tr. at 58) In
support of this contention, Ms. Ammons provided a certified copy of the questionnaire that
she had completed for the Knox County Career Center on March 11, 2003, prior to entering
the massage-therapy program. The questionnaire was used by that program to determine the
eligibility of the applicants. Among other things, Ms. Ammons disclosed in that questionnaire
that, at that time, she had been convicted more than once of a misdemeanor. (Resp. Ex. A; Tr.
at 57-58, 71)
15. Ms. Ammons explained what had occurred after she had disclosed the convictions on the
questionnaire:
[Q]: And did [the Knox County Career Center] ask about your positive answers
to the convictions for misdemeanors?
[A]: Yes.
[Q]: So you disclosed to the Knox County Career Center what about those
convictions?
[A]: They were two disorderly conduct charges in the year of 2000, at which
time I – from 2000 to 2003, I had not been in any trouble, I’d been out of
that relationship for – Since June of 2000 until that point, I had not been
in that relationship with that person, so my work ethic and my ability to
hold a job was a lot longer, and that was a positive aspect that the teacher
noted, so that information, yeah, it was disclosed.
[Q]: And based upon the interview and this information, they accepted you into
the program?
1 The Hearing Examiner found Ms. Ammons to be a credible witness.